Olaf Scholz will on Monday be officially named to lead his centre-left Social Democrats into Germany’s snap elections in February, but the embattled chancellor faces a tough fight to win a second term.

One person dead after cargo plane flying from Germany crashes in Lithuania, Volkswagen sticks by planned factory closures, SPD kicks off pre-election campaign and more news this Monday from Germany.

When Ali Fakhro lays out a row of pistachio-filled chocolate bars in the morning at his bakery in Berlin, he knows they will be gone in a matter of hours.

From Berlin’s extensive funding cuts plan to dressing for winter like a German and Merkel’s memoir release, here’s what The Local team has been talking about this week.

Bosch said Friday it planned to cut thousands of jobs in its automotive businesses, with the majority in Germany, as car suppliers struggle to manage the difficult transition from combustion engines to electric vehicles.

Germany is about to start a major reform of its hospital sector. Here are the main points to know.

The US policy of citizenship-based taxation has long been a bugbear of Americans living overseas, but could Donald Trump’s pre-election promise to “end double taxation” mean a change possible for Americans in Europe?

Germany is “examining” how to respond to the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Friday.

Defence Minister Boris Pistorius broke longstanding German taboos this year by saying Germany needed to become “kriegstüchtig” – or “war-ready”. Now fresh details are emerging on what that means for German society.

Heavy snowfall of up to 40cm has caused turmoil on the roads in southern Germany, with the German Weather Service issuing weather warnings for parts of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.